February 10, 2022
South Carolina agencies have announced a guide on how to support victims and family members of mass casualty events.
The 95-page guide’s creation was spurred by the Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting, in which nine people were killed in 2015.
“The office learned that the coordination of multiple entities – prosecutors, victim services staff and their allies in the community, including mental and behavioral health professionals, and multi-faith communities – was essential to ensuring that survivors and community members were treated with dignity and respect,” an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of South Carolina reads.
Source: Emanuel AME Church massacre inspires guide to help mass shooting survivors